The Department started functioning from the very inception of the Institute in 1951. The Department, apart from teaching Physics to undergraduate students and offering 5-year integrated M.Sc. course and 2-year M.Sc. course in Physics, also offers following specializations: PH1   Atmospheric Science and Technology (not offered in the session 2008-2009) PH2   Solid State Technology Course Content PH1 The prime objective of this course is to initiate the post M.Sc. and post BTech students into the wonders of the atmosphere. Atmospheric Science is one of the most important beneficiaries of technological advancements especially in the satellite, computer, communications and instrumentation sectors. In our country, Atmospheric Physics is rapidly becoming one of the most expanding fields. The advancements in observation, retrieval, statistical and numerical techniques, validation and data-assimilation methods, are germane for continuous value addition to weather forecasting. This institute has advanced facilities for training and research in Atmospheric Science, such as APT receiver (NOAA satellites), Automatic Weather station, Radiosonde receiver, micrometeorological tower, ‘Doppler SODAR’ (REMTECH Phased Array type), etc. The course content is as follows: Remote Sensing of Atmosphere, Atmospheric Structure and Dynamics, Numerical Methods for Weather Prediction, Climatology, Physical and Synoptic Meteorology, Air-sea Interaction, Atmospheric Pollution, Cloud Physics, Atmospheric Boundary Layer, Meteorological Instrumentation, Applied Meteorology, Atmospheric Chemistry, Statistical methods in Meteorology etc. PH2        The prime objective of the MTech course in Solid State Technology is to educate the post MSc and post BTech students, at advanced levels, on such modern ideas of solid state science and technology as have developed during the last few decades. To make the course better balanced and inter-disciplinary, the course curriculum and syllabi have been framed in cooperation with Electrical Communication Engineering, Materials Science Centre and Cryogenic Engineering Centre and several related subjects from these Departments and Centre have also been included in the curriculum. The course content is as follows: Physics of Semiconductor Devices, Magnetic and Superconducting Properties of Solids, I.C. Technology, Solid State Devices, Science and Technology of Nanomaterials, Analytical Techniques, Thin FilMTechnology and Surface Science, Computer programming, Physics and Technology of Optical Fibers, Integrated Optics, Optoelectronics etc.
Areas of Research The Department is actively engaged in research in the following areas: Thermal and Magnetic Properties of Solids, Preparation and Transport Properties of Solids, Study of Photoelectronic Properties of Narrow Band Gap Semiconducting Films. Unitary Representation of Non-compact Group, Optical and Electrical Properties of Alkalihalides and Calcium Fluoride doped with Rare Earths. Thermal Properties of Crystalline Solids, Crystal Growth and Dielectric Studies of TSG ferroelectric crystals, magnetism in disordered solids, Phase transition in intermetallies, Valence fluctuation and electron-phonon interaction. Structure Property relation in silicate clay minerals and various non-ideal systems like fibers and polymers. Preparation, Characterization and studies of properties of rapidly quenched material, thin films of Semiconducting materials. X-ray and neutron crystallography, Ferroelectric properties of various compounds for device application, Physics of ionised medium, interaction of gamma radiation with matter. Crystal Structure, Analysis of Organic and Inorganic Crystals. Statistical application in Crystallography, Surface Physics, Fiber Optics, Thunderstorms, Tropical Cyclones, Monsoons, Meso-scale circulations, Pollution, Atmospheric Boundary Climatology, High Tc Materials, Nanomaterials, Cosmology and Astrophysics.
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